With Sprinkles & a Cherry on Top

Continuing with the theme of making things to keep the family warm when we move from this tropical island in December, here is my daughter's winter hat.  I used this pattern as the basis for the hat.  That pattern is for a small doll hat, but I enlarged it to fit a 4 year old.  Also I had to make up my own scalloped edge for the middle of the cupcake.  I tied small knots in different colors of yarn and tied them on to make the sprinkles. I also made the cherry from homespun yarn.  My daughter was unimpressed with the hat until I added the sprinkles and cherry then she was thrilled! :)

Not sure what is going on here with the evil look and crazy karate hands! lol

Goomba & Shy Guy Scarf

Since we are moving back to the midwest after 5 years on a tropical island, I am making scarves for the kids.
 I hope it keeps them warm this winter. I asked them to pick some Super Mario Bros. characters. 
C picked the Goomba and a Shy Guy.
I think it turned out pretty awesome!

Here is the scarf and then C modeling it for me. :)

Tube Sock Snowmen

So my friend's son came home from school with one of these and we just had to make some.  They were used as table decorations at the Christmas party. The one in the middle I decorated because my son decided legos were more important than snowman decorating.  Basically we took a mens tube sock and filled it a bit with rice then used a rubberband to tie it off. Then you add more rice and tie it off again.  Add rice once more and tie it off, then you can fold the top of the sock over to create the hat.  (I was thinking next time we should paint or dye the top black to make the hats stand out.)  We then hot glued the hats around the head to keep them in place and hot glued on all the accessories.  Voila! Tube sock snowman!